Pay program providing system and television broadcast reception apparatus
First Claim
1. A pay program providing system comprising:
- a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving video data of a pay program and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server and displaying the address data on a screen;
a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication server; and
the communication server, when accessed, communicating with the communication terminal, the pay program providing system making the television broadcast reception apparatus display the video data of the pay program on the screen,wherein the television broadcast reception apparatus displays the video data only when predetermined key data is entered, the communication terminal transmits ID data thereof to the communication server, the communication server transmits the key data to the communication terminal that has transmitted the ID data thereof or to a communication device that the communication terminal can access, and the communication terminal acquires the key data and outputs the key data to the television broadcast reception apparatus.
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Abstract
A pay program providing system has: a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving video data of a pay program and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server, and displaying the address data on a screen; a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication server; and the communication server, when accessed, communicating with the communication terminal. The television broadcast reception apparatus displays the video data only when predetermined key data is entered. The communication terminal transmits the ID data thereof to the communication server; the communication server transmits the key data to the communication terminal or the like; and the communication terminal acquires the key data and outputs it to the television broadcast reception apparatus. In this way, it is possible to provide a pay program providing system that can quickly enable subscribers to view pay broadcast at their request to do so but that nevertheless allows program providers to identify subscribers easily.
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25 Claims
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1. A pay program providing system comprising:
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a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving video data of a pay program and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server and displaying the address data on a screen; a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication server; and the communication server, when accessed, communicating with the communication terminal, the pay program providing system making the television broadcast reception apparatus display the video data of the pay program on the screen, wherein the television broadcast reception apparatus displays the video data only when predetermined key data is entered, the communication terminal transmits ID data thereof to the communication server, the communication server transmits the key data to the communication terminal that has transmitted the ID data thereof or to a communication device that the communication terminal can access, and the communication terminal acquires the key data and outputs the key data to the television broadcast reception apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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2. A pay program providing system comprising:
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a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving video data of a pay program having undergone scrambling and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server and displaying the address data on a screen; a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication server; and the communication server, when accessed, communicating with the communication terminal, the pay program providing system making the television broadcast reception apparatus display the video data of the pay program on the screen, wherein the scrambling can be descrambled by descrambling using predetermined key data, the television broadcast reception apparatus performs the descrambling and displays the video data only when the key data is entered, the communication terminal transmits ID data thereof to the communication server, the communication server transmits the key data to the communication terminal that has transmitted the ID data thereof or to a communication device that the communication terminal can access, and the communication terminal acquires the key data and outputs the key data to the television broadcast reception apparatus.
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18. A pay program providing system comprising:
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a television broadcast station broadcasting video data of a pay program and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server; a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving the video data and the address data and displaying the address data on a screen; a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication server; and the communication server, when accessed, communicating with the communication terminal, the pay program providing system making the television broadcast reception apparatus display the video data of the pay program on the screen, wherein the television broadcast reception apparatus displays the video data only when predetermined key data is entered, the communication terminal transmits ID data thereof to the communication server, the communication server transmits the key data to the communication terminal that has transmitted the ID data thereof or to a communication device that the communication terminal can access, and the communication terminal acquires the key data and outputs the key data to the television broadcast reception apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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19. A pay program providing system comprising:
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a television broadcast station broadcasting video data of a pay program having undergone scrambling and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server; a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving the video data and the address data and displaying the address data on a screen; a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication server; and the communication server, when accessed, communicating with the communication terminal, the pay program providing system making the television broadcast reception apparatus display the video data of the pay program on the screen, wherein the scrambling can be descrambled by descrambling using predetermined key data, the television broadcast reception apparatus performs the descrambling and displays the video data when the key data is entered, the communication terminal transmits ID data thereof to the communication server, the communication server transmits the key data to the communication terminal that has transmitted the ID data thereof or to a communication device that the communication terminal can access, and the communication terminal acquires the key data and outputs the key data to the television broadcast reception apparatus.
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21. A television broadcast reception apparatus receiving television broadcast containing-video data of a pay program, address data for accessing a predetermined communication server, and chargeability identifying data indicating whether or not the program is a pay program, and displaying the video data on a screen, the television broadcast reception apparatus comprising:
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a chargeability checking portion checking, based on the chargeability identifying data, whether or not the program is a pay program; a QR code generating portion generating, based on the address data, a QR code into which contents of the address data are encoded; and a QR code display portion displaying the QR code on the screen when the chargeability checking portion finds the program to be a pay program. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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